Hi There!

I am working on the vaccination process using ANT
concepts (not the whole theory) to describe and
understand the process in a developing country
setting.
No "techies" ...

Regards.

--- westermanjt <westermanjt@...> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am preparing a dissertation proposal on an
> international NGO/aid
> organization. I will be looking at the way the
> organization and its
> donors (upstream) construct concepts like 'civil
> society,' 'community
> development' and 'participation' and then re-examine
> these notions as
> they are translated and mediated in the field
> (downstream). I will
> be using elements of ANT as well as Foucault's
> notion
> of 'governmentality.' Other than grant applications
> and project
> proposals which are mundane but important examples
> of technology,
> there is no explicitly technological objects in the
> study. I mention
> this because it seems that most but of course not
> all research in the
> ANT vein usually has a strong focus on some bit of
> technology.
>
> Are there other doctoral students out there who are
> using ANT without
> having an explicit focus on technology ? Also are
> there other
> scholars out there looking into questions involving
> aid delivery,
> community development, capacity builiding,and NGOs?
>
> regards
>
> John Westerman
>
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Joao Carlos de Timóteo Mavimbe (MD)
Faculdade de Medicina
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
C.P. 257 Maputo, Mozambique
Tel. W +2581425227 ext. 238 / ext.213
Fax: +2581425255
Cell: +25882310667

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